Microsoft hits back at claims its proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard could harm its rival Sony.
Xbox owner Microsoft has hit back at claims its plan to buy the maker of Call of Duty may unfairly affect its rivals, including Sony, which owns PlayStation.
The UK watchdog looking into the plan has said Microsoft could use Activision games to "out-compete" its rivals.Competition regulators in Saudi Arabia and Brazil have already approved it. It also said that "Microsoft has followed this approach in several past acquisitions of gaming studios, where it made future game releases from those studios exclusive in consoles to Xbox".
Microsoft lacks mobile gaming content, and Activision owns Candy Crush Saga, one of the most played mobile games.
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